Is Personal Finance considered Social Studies?

blossom
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 20:06:15 +0000

IRL kids take what they take.

Every year (I don’t think we’ve seen it yet) an angry parent posts that their kid did not get into engineering at their own state flagship despite fantastic everything plus being an Eagle Scout.

It takes two weeks but the detectives on CC finally uncover the fact that the kid did NOT take the “recommended” curriculum for this particular college. So kid got admitted to Arts and Sciences, or the School of Education, but not engineering.

And then angry parent points to “someone I know” who ALSO didn’t take the recommended curriculum but DID get admitted.

None of us are Adcom’s. All of us experienced posters have observed many years worth of college admissions. There is a subset of colleges which are WAY more competitive than they were even 8, 9 years ago. There is a subset of colleges which are basically “if you have a pulse and can write a check you are in”. And then everything in between. Some of them become harder admits virtually overnight (looking at YOU Pitt), some of them become easier admits, and some become very hard to predict.

One of the few things a kid can control is his/her own decisions regarding courses and rigor.

Kid wants personal finance in lieu of AP Euro? Go for it. I’ll still advise kids who may be aiming for “highly rejective” colleges to think hard about electives. But that’s me. You do you…